Put simply, it all comes down to the atoms of certain elements and their isotopes (variations). When the nuclei of these ...

Andy Haverly aims to save Earth by using a 1960s project to extract geological materials from the ocean floor.

WASHINGTON -- The hydrogen super-bomb, capable of destroying whole cities in a flash with blast and fire, has now joined America's arsenal of atomic weapons. That, informed sources said Monday, is ...

Because E=MC², that leftover mass turns into energy, which fuels the nuclear explosion. Hydrogen atoms are the simplest in nature, which is why they're used for thermonuclear reactions and why ...

Seven years after the end of WWII, the US detonated the world's first hydrogen bomb. H-bombs use a combination of nuclear fission and fusion and are far more powerful than atomic bombs. Edward ...

To clarify, this is not a thermonuclear bomb (which uses nuclear fusion). Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

In a test called "Ivy Mike," the world's first hydrogen bomb explodes on Enewetak Atoll, November 1, 1952. Nuclearweaponarchive.org He wasn’t supposed to do it, but on May 15, 1948, Lieutenant ...

Results of the explosion seemed to indicate the device as more similar to a powerful fission bomb than an actual hydrogen bomb. The test’s explosion yielded the equivalent of 400 kilotons of TNT ...

"Go to the basement or middle of the building. Stay away from the outer walls and roof because radioactive material will ...

Because E=MC², that leftover mass turns into energy, which fuels the nuclear explosion. Hydrogen atoms are the simplest in nature, which is why they're used for thermonuclear reactions and why ...